{"id":81178,"date":"2016-10-25T06:29:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T11:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=81178"},"modified":"2016-10-25T06:29:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T11:29:38","slug":"red-cross-announces-blood-drive-dates-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/10\/25\/red-cross-announces-blood-drive-dates-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross announces blood drive dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood to help stock the shelves before the busy holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Many regular donors delay giving between Thanksgiving and New Year\u2019s Day because of holiday activities. This often causes a drop in donated blood available for patients. Therefore, more donations are needed in the weeks leading up to the holidays to help ensure the blood supply is sufficient through the winter months.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-74172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/American-Red-Cross-logo-3-2016-copy.jpg\" alt=\"American Red Cross logo 3-2016 copy\" width=\"200\" height=\"66\" \/>For blood donor Katie Osorio, giving a little bit of time is worth it because she\u2019s giving someone a chance at life. \u201cSomeone\u2019s mother, brother, sister, father or the love of someone\u2019s life has been given back to their loved ones all because I gave something that I could. It takes so little from me and gives a world back to another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To make an appointment to give blood, download the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/bloodapp\">Red Cross Blood Donor App<\/a>, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/\">redcrossblood.org<\/a>, or call 800.733.2767. Donors are encouraged to make appointments and complete the RapidPass online health history questionnaire at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/RapidPass\">redcrossblood.org\/rapidpass<\/a> to save time when donating.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming blood donation opportunities:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paulding County<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, November 22, from 2-7 p.m., at Paulding Church of the Nazarene, 210 Dooley Drive in Paulding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Van Wert County<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday, November 25, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Moose Lodge 1320, 740 W. Ervin Road in Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information The American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood to help stock the shelves before the busy holiday season. Many regular donors delay giving between Thanksgiving and New Year\u2019s Day because of holiday activities. This often causes a drop in donated blood available for patients. Therefore, more donations are needed in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 17:10:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}